Table 2-1 lists all of the Replication Agent configuration parameters and a brief description of each parameter. The target column indicates when the parameter is used for “All” targets or specific targets; Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL), or DB2 UDB (UDB).
Parameter name |
Target |
Description |
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admin_port |
All |
Port number that the Replication Agent will use to listen for administrative connections. |
archive_read_block_count |
Oracle |
Determines the number of blocks or pages that are read at a time from the primary database archive log. |
asm_password |
Oracle |
Password for Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) access for the user specified in the asm_username. |
asm_tns_connection |
Oracle |
Identifies the Oracle ASM connection name found in the tnsnames.ora file. |
asm_tns_filename |
Oracle |
Identifies the Oracle tnsnames.ora filename where the ASM connection information is located. |
asm_username |
Oracle |
Identifies the Oracle user name to be used when connecting to the ASM server. |
auto_adjust_block_count |
Oracle MSSQL |
Determines whether or not the Replication Agent should automatically adjust the log_read_block_count parameter if any part of a read is discarded |
column_compression |
All |
Use minimal column information in LTL. |
compress_ltl_syntax |
All |
Use abbreviated LTL syntax. |
connect_to_rs |
All |
Enable/disable connection from LTI to Replication Server. |
ddl_password |
Oracle MSSQL |
Password for ddl_username. |
ddl_username |
Oracle MSSQL |
The database user name included in LTL for replicating DDL commands to the replicate database. |
dump_batch_timeout |
All |
Number of seconds to wait before sending an incomplete LTL buffer to Replication Server. |
filter_maint_userid |
All |
Log Reader filters operations with maintenance user ID. |
function_password |
Oracle MSSQL |
Password for user ID passed in LTL with replicated stored procedure invocations. |
function_username |
Oracle MSSQL |
User ID passed in LTL with replicated stored procedure invocations. |
log_backup_files |
All |
Determines the number of log backup files kept in the log directory. |
log_directory |
All |
Directory where Replication Agent system log file is located. |
log_read_block_count |
Oracle MSSQL |
Determines the number of blocks or pages that are read at a time from the primary database transaction log. |
log_trace_verbose |
All |
Switch on/off verbose mode in trace log file. |
log_wrap |
All |
Number of 1KB blocks written to log file before wrapping. |
lr_ntext_byte_order |
Oracle MSSQL |
Specifies which byte order to use when replicating NCLOB for Oracle, and NTEXT for Microsoft SQL Server. |
lr_send_trunc_partition_ddl |
Oracle |
Determines whether truncate partition commands are sent as DDL or DML to the replicate database. |
lti_batch_mode |
All |
Switches on/off LTI batch mode. |
lti_max_buffer_size |
All |
Maximum number of change sets stored in the LTI input buffer. |
lti_update_trunc_point |
All |
Number of LTL commands sent before LTI requests new LTM Locator. |
ltl_batch_size |
All |
Size of the LTL batch buffer. |
ltl_big_endian_unitext |
All |
Specifies whether unicode LOB data should be converted from little endian to big endian before sending LTL to Replication Server. |
ltl_character_case |
All |
Case of database object names sent to Replication Server. |
ltl_origin_time_required |
All |
Specifies whether to send origin_time command tag in LTL. |
ltl_send_only_primary_keys |
All |
Controls whether the Replication Agent sends only primary key columns data for the before image for update and delete operations. |
ltm_admin_pw |
All |
Password for Replication Agent administrative port. |
ltm_admin_user |
All |
User ID for Replication Agent administrative port. |
max_ops_per_scan |
All |
Maximum number of operations Log Reader will read in a single log scan. |
pdb_archive_path |
Oracle UDB |
Identifies the directory path where the Replication Agent expects to find archived Oracle redo log files or the archived UDB transaction log files. |
pdb_archive_remove |
Oracle UDB |
Enables or disables the removal of archived transaction log files from the path specified by pdb_archive_path. |
pdb_auto_create_repdefs |
Oracle MSSQL |
If set to true, when tables and procedures are marked for replication, a replication definition is automatically created at Replication Server for that table or procedure. |
pdb_automark_tables |
Oracle MSSQL |
Determines if the Replication Agent automatically marks tables for replication during initialization or DDL replication. |
pdb_auto_run_scripts |
All |
Automatic execution of SQL scripts used to create/remove transaction log objects and mark/unmark primary database objects. |
pdb_convert_datetime |
All |
Converts native date/time formats to Sybase datetime format. |
pdb_dflt_column_repl |
All |
Enables replication for LOB columns by default when table is marked. |
pdb_dflt_object_repl |
Oracle UDB |
Enables replication by default when object is marked. |
pdb_include_archives |
Oracle |
Enables or disables the use of Oracle archive log files. |
pdb_support_large_identifier |
All |
To support replication of large identifiers up to 255 characters in length with Replication Server 12.6 or later. |
pdb_timezone_file |
Oracle |
Specifies the file to read at Replication Agent initialization to obtain Oracle time zone information. |
pdb_xlog_device |
All |
Name of the primary database device. |
pdb_xlog_prefix |
All |
Character string prefix used to identify transaction log objects. |
pdb_xlog_prefix_chars |
All |
Non-alphabetic characters allowed in pdb_xlog_prefix. |
pds_connection_type |
All |
Type of connection to primary data server. |
pds_dac_port_number |
MSSQL |
The primary database dedicated administrative connection port number used by Replication Agent during the server level initialization of the primary database. |
pds_database_name |
All |
Name of database replicated from the primary data server. |
pds_datasource_name |
UDB |
Data source name or database alias of the database replicated from the primary data server. |
pds_host_name |
All |
Name of primary data server host machine. |
pds_integrated_security |
MSSQL |
Determines if the Replication Agent should use Windows authentication when connecting to the primary SQL Server. |
pds_password |
All |
Password for user ID that the Replication Agent uses to access the primary data server. |
pds_port_number |
All |
Port number for the primary data server. |
pds_retry_count |
All |
Number of times to retry connection to primary data server. |
pds_retry_timeout |
All |
Number of seconds to wait between connection retry attempts. |
pds_server_name |
All |
Server name of primary data server. |
pds_tns_connection |
Oracle |
Oracle connection name found in the tnsmame.ora file which identifies the connection information for the primary database. |
pds_tns_filename |
Oracle |
Oracle file name identifying the Oracle tnsname.ora file to be used to identify the connection information for the primary database. |
pds_username |
All |
User ID that Replication Agent uses to access primary data server. |
ra_retry_count |
All |
Number of times LTM attempts to get back to Replicating state after a failure. |
ra_retry_timeout |
All |
Number of seconds to wait between LTM attempts to get back to Replicating state. |
rasd_backup_dir |
Oracle MSSQL |
The directory path for Replication Agent System Database (RASD) backup files. |
rasd_database |
Oracle MSSQL |
The directory path for the Replication Agent System Database (RASD) database file. |
rasd_mirror_tran_log |
Oracle MSSQL |
Enables or disables Replication Agent System Database (RASD) transaction log mirroring. |
rasd_trace_log_dir |
Oracle MSSQL |
The directory path for the Replication Agent System Database (RASD) trace log file. |
rasd_tran_log |
Oracle MSSQL |
The directory path for the Replication Agent System Database (RASD) transaction log file. |
rasd_tran_log_mirror |
Oracle MSSQL |
The directory path for the Replication Agent System Database (RASD) transaction log file mirror. |
rs_charset |
All |
Character set used to communicate with Replication Server. |
rs_host_name |
All |
Name of primary Replication Server host machine. |
rs_packet_size |
All |
Network I/O packet size sent to Replication Server. |
rs_password |
All |
Password for user ID Replication Agent uses to access Replication Server. |
rs_port_number |
All |
Port number for primary Replication Server. |
rs_replicate_owner_required |
All |
Indicates if the owner is always included with the replicate table clause when generating replication definitions. |
rs_retry_count |
All |
Number of times to retry connection to primary Replication Server. |
rs_retry_timeout |
All |
Number of seconds to wait between connection retry attempts. |
rs_source_db |
All |
Name of primary database identified to Replication Server. |
rs_source_ds |
All |
Name of primary data server identified to Replication Server. |
rs_ticket_version |
All |
Determines whether Replication Agent records the primary database time or the primary database date and time into the rs_ticket marker. |
rs_username |
All |
User ID that Replication Agent uses to access primary Replication Server. |
rssd_charset |
All |
Character set used to communicate with RSSD. |
rssd_database_name |
All |
Name of RSSD database. |
rssd_host_name |
All |
Name of RSSD host machine. |
rssd_password |
All |
Password for user ID Replication Agent uses to access RSSD. |
rssd_port_number |
All |
Port number for RSSD. |
rssd_username |
All |
User ID that Replication Agent uses to access RSSD. |
scan_sleep_increment |
All |
Number of seconds to increase Log Reader wait before next scan after finding no operations to replicate. |
scan_sleep_max |
All |
Maximum number of seconds for Log Reader to wait before next scan after finding no operations to replicate. |
skip_ltl_errors |
All |
LTI ignores error messages returned by Replication Server. |
structured_tokens |
All |
LTI uses structured tokens when generating LTL output. |
truncation_interval |
All |
Number of minutes to wait between automatic log truncations. |
truncation_type |
All |
Methods of log truncation allowed. |
use_rssd |
All |
Switches on/off access to RSSD for replication definitions. |